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Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM 02/02/21 Tuesday This material is distributed by Ghebi LLC on behalf of Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, and additional information is on file with the Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia. 'We Are a Long Way' From Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal, US State Dept Says by Mary F. Tensions between the US and Iran have been high ever since former US president Donald Trump in 2018 withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and imposed harsh sanctions against Iran. US President Joe Biden's administration has pledged to return to the nuclear agreement as long as Iran returns to compliance. No US officials have been in contact with Iranian officials since the Biden administration came into power last month, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday. "The answer is no," Price said when asked if any State Department officials have been in contact with Iranian officials since January 20. Price also noted that it is still too early to consider Iran's proposal to revive the nuclear deal, adding that "we are a long way from that." In a Monday interview with NBC News, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the administration of US President Joe Biden plans to return to the Iran nuclear deal, Al-Jazeera reported. Blinken also stated in the interview that Iran was months away from developing a nuclear bomb. Also on Monday, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged top EU foreign envoy Josep Borrell to mediate the revival of the beleaguered 2015 nuclear deal between the US and Iran. Zarif also warned Monday that the US does not have an "unlimited" time to return to the deal. "The United States needs to come back into compliance and Iran will be ready - immediately - to respond,” Zarif told CNN. “The timing is not the issue. The issue is whether the United States, whether the new administration, wants to follow the old failed policies of the Trump administration or not." Zarif also rejected allegations that Tehran is months away from developing a nuclear bomb. “Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon. If we wanted to build a nuclear weapon, we could have done it some time ago, but we decided that nuclear weapons would not augment our security and are in contradiction to our ideological views," Zarif said. In 2018, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran. Tehran responded by gradually abandoning its own commitments. This past December, the Iranian government passed a law aimed at achieving a full removal of sanctions via a boost of nuclear activities, specifically by increasing the levels of uranium enrichment and limiting the access of the International Atomic Energy Agency to its facilities. In January, Blinken said that the United States would reciprocate Iran's resumed compliance with the nuclear deal, but would seek a broader agreement that also covers its missile program. Zarif responded by ruling out any revisions to the original deal and insisting that Washington remove sanctions first. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM This material is distributed by Ghebi LLC on behalf of Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, and additional information is on file with the Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia. House Homeland Security Republicans Urge White House to Clarify Counter Strategy Against China by Mary F. Tensions between the US and China have been high in recent years under the former US president Donald Trump administration due to the trade war between the two countries as well as military drills and patrols in highly contested areas including the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. On Tuesday, House Republicans on the Committee on Homeland Security called on the White House to provide “definitive clarity” on its strategy to counter threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which they have accused of undermining American dominance. "We remain extraordinarily concerned about the CCP’s blatant efforts to weaponize their private sector for intelligence and military purposes, exploit the data of American people and businesses, and manipulate the global markets for critical and emerging technologies, all while being less than forthcoming on the international stage," reads the letter to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, obtained by Fox News. "It is imperative that we prevent an authoritarian, communist regime that is actively engaged in genocide and does not share America’s interests from infiltrating and exploiting our nation’s communications and technology backbone,” the letter continues. Republicans on the House committee also expressed concern in the letter that some of Biden’s nominees and appointment have “not yet provided definitive clarity on how the administration plans on continuing the productive measures from the last four years to protect our homeland from this far-reaching CCP threat." While the Trump administration took a harsh approach against China, imposing trade tariffs on the country, the Biden administration is expected to take a less aggressive stance. China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has expressed that he believes Biden represents a "new window of hope" for China’s relationship with the United States. The Biden administration will "return to a sensible approach, resume dialogue with China, restore normalcy to the bilateral relations and restart cooperation," Wang recently said, Fox News reported. However, during his confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that he believes Trump was correct in taking a tough approach towards China. "I disagree very much with the way that he [Trump] went about it in a number of areas, but the basic principle was the right one, and I think that’s actually helpful to our foreign policy," Blinken said. This material is distributed by Ghebi LLC on behalf of Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, and additional information is on file with the Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM Teen Emerging From 10-Month Coma Oblivious to COVID-19 Pandemic by Mary F. The COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 104 million people and killed more than 2 million people worldwide since it was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic in March 2020. Joseph Flavill, a 19-year-old teenager emerging from a 10-month-long coma, has no knowledge of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Guardian. Flavill entered a coma on March 1 last year - three weeks before Britain’s first national lockdown began - after being hit by a car. According to the Guardian. Flavill caught COVID-19 twice during his recovery but has since recovered. Details regarding how he caught COVID-19 twice while hospitalized were not provided. Flavill is currently in the process of recovering; he is able to move his limbs when asked and can also interact with friends and family through blinking and smiling. “He won’t know anything about the pandemic as he’s been asleep for 10 months. His awareness is starting to improve now but we just don’t know what he knows,” the teen’s aunt, Sally Flavill Smith, told the Guardian. “I just don’t know where to start with it. A year ago if someone had told me what was going to happen over the last year, I don’t think I would have believed it. I’ve got no idea how Joseph’s going to come to understand what we’ve all been through,” she added. According to Sally, the family has tried to explain over video call to Flavill, when he’s awake, that they’re unable to be with him in person due to COVID-19 restrictions. “When he’s awake in his room, he’s not going to have any idea why he’s there. We do talk about it on the phone, and we try to make him aware that we really want to be there holding his hands, but we’re just unable to do it [because of COVID-19],” Smith explained. “But we try to keep it as simple as possible, we don’t really have the time to go into the pandemic hugely - it just doesn’t feel real does it? When he can actually have the face-to-face contact, that will be the opportunity to actually try to explain to him what has happened,” she continued. The teen was originally treated at the Leicester General hospital in Leicester, England, and has since been moved to the Adderley Green Care Centre in Stoke-on-Trent, England, where he is continuing to recover. This material is distributed by Ghebi LLC on behalf of Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, and additional information is on file with the Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia. US Issues License Allowing Certain Transactions Necessary to Port, Airport Operations in Venezuela by Morgan Artvukhina Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/03/2021 11:29:28 AM The US government has maintained economic sanctions against Venezuela for several years, but significantly increased them in January 2019 when Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro began his second term, claiming his victory was illegitimate and recognizing Juan Guaido as the country's self-proclaimed interim president.
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